#C259D5#C259D5

#C259D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.202 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C259D5
RGB	rgb(194, 89, 213)
HSL	hsl(291, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(291, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 58.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.50, 59.59, -45.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.50, 74.99, 322.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% 0.1578 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.202 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8294, 23.4200, 65.4658)
Luminance	0.2342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C259D5 #6CD559

analogous

#8459D5 #C259D5 #D559AA

triadic

#C259D5 #D5C259 #59D5C2

tetradic

#C259D5 #D58459 #6CD559 #59AAD5

square

#C259D5 #D58459 #6CD559 #59AAD5

split-complementary

#C259D5 #AAD559 #59D584

monochromatic

#7F248F #AA31C0 #C259D5 #D48AE1 #E6BBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#C259D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#C259D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C259D5

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C259D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C259D5	1.00	3.69	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#407DD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6689D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c259d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 89, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.202 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78de2',
    500: '#c259d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c259d5;
$custom-light: #d78de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c259d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.806,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6417,
    "c": 0.20229,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C259D5

secondary

#B4DDAD

accent

#E3455D

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FBF1FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C259D5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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